Google’s Eric Schmidt takes public speaking training
Here’s a gem from YouTube. A candid video of a very youthful Eric Schmidt in his early days as a manager at Sun Microsystems practicing his public speaking skills in a company-sponsored training class:
He’s being trained on how to better present and also how to handle hostile questions from an audience. His content is a nice insight into the Sun culture of the day.
You can hear him address the issue of criticisms he’s overpaid at 12:26 (before his Google billions) which gets a round of applause. This is followed at 13:00 by his self-assessment of his abilities as a public speaker and it’s apparent how open he is to honest critiques from the audience.
Wonderfully instructive session that shows how senior managers can benefit from presentation skills training.
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That is AWESOME!!!
How many people say that they don’t need training because they know how to speak already!
Fantastic!
Cheers
Darren Fleming
Australia’s Public Speaking Coach
http://www.executivespeaking.com.au
By Australian Toastmasters Champion on 02.17.08 1:52 pm
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